Doesn't Monday come around quickly? If i was rich and could be bothered, i would give a prize to the person who counted up how many times I have said that on my blog since I started all the way back in February. But i'm not rich and i'm actually quite tight. And that is why darren loves me ;) So MR Panteloons has buggered off to spain without me for a week and I am busy keeping with work and the like and trying to organise the requisite changes we are trying to make to our lives... But sometimes life trips you up literally... like today. This immensely obsese family were walking in front of me and I just couldn't get round them even though i was in a hurry. I eventually managed to mince past them only to skid along the rain soaked path and go flying onto my pert arse :( Sniffter. A - the humiliation and B - it really hurt my ankle. Boo you whores!! Oh fuck it all, on with the post....

THE ONE WHERE NEIL AND CHRIS SAVE THE DAY:

That was a bit of a friends related heading wasnt it? Anyway, I can't say I was overly enamoured of the Pet Shop Boys album earlier this year (Fundamental). I tried quite hard to like it but decided that I would rather listen to Halcyon Days by Bodies Without Organs. It seemed more accessible somehow and listening to Fundamental was a bit of an effort for me. Anyway, it's not exactly that I have revised my opinion, but it's hard not to be excited by the plethora of PSB stuff coming out right now - books, dvds, singles (I think Numb is just a stunning song)... and it has made me want to revisit the album now I know a few tracks better... I guess for me the PSB are like my other eighties stalwarts Erasure and Depeche Mode - I don't need to listen to them all the time, but it is comforting to know they are still putting out music...

MP3: PSB - Party Song
MP3: PSB - Bright Young Things

And Neil and Chris have been busy teaming up with Robbie Williams on his new album Rudebox74. I have to say, as much as i am a huge fan of Robbie, I didn't love Intensive Care and have been a little worried about this new "is robbie losing it?" album. Well, he isn't losing it thank god, the album IS a little haphazardly put together with little thematic structure, but it works better if you think of it as Robbie putting together his own mix cd of songs he knows and loves at the moment. Not surprisingly, the PSB contributions are actually pretty bonza (although you just know D;Luv will be downloading the lily allen collabs to!!! Tee Hee)... I will revisit this album with a proper review soon but just wanted to heave a sigh of relief. Not a masterpiece, but not a disaster either...

MP3: Robbie Williams - We're The Pet Shop Boys

THE B LIST BOYS:


Well actually, i was trying to think of a witty b-side related title to catch people's interests but it really didn't work did it? Sigh. Its late and i wanna go to bed!! Anyway, my fave little ska lads (i mean really, they are like the ska version of McFly aren't they?? How boyband is that pic above?!) The Ordinary Boys release their rather fine single Lonely At The Top. This in itself would be smashing, but the b-side is an amazingly phantasmagorical cover version of scintillating 80s track Iko Iko. And with the addition of a funky remix of 9to5, it's enough to make me almost love wee. (EW). And although this has nothing to do with the ordinary boys, i love the b-side title of Meatloaf's single so much, that i have to post the track here...

MP3: Ordinary Boys - Iko Iko
MP3: Ordinary Boys - 9to5 Vertical 7" remix
Bonus MP3: Meatloaf - Whore (!)

THE FASHION PREVIEW:

I really do have another fashion related article that I so want to get to some time this week. And i love to write about fashion. And some of you recently may have noticed that I also love to write about Simon Curtis... In fact, even Simon has noticed and posted a little notice about it on his website, which was quite nice of him i thought... Anyway, Simon, it turns out that you are way ahead of your time cos fashion icon David Beckham has stolen your look!!! :O